Short Film Online Instalment Plan Anyone?

Got some more feedback on the intended openning scene for the Sunman Prequel short film project on the Monday night jam. An idea I had should this project take longer than expected to be realized ( later on into the 05 than expected ) is that I could post instalments on the Sunman websites.

So for instance, the openning scene could be filmed ( at this stage it might well just be a screentest like 'table read' of it ), and the media file of that posted online. Even a table read might be fun to see - I myself have seen early table reads of the first Star Wars movie's screentests, and they are kind of fascinating. People like Kurt Russell, and Terri Nunn ( Berlin ) were among those that gave it a shot. I found Terry Nunn's take quite good, she had an imperial sensibility.

However as I may likely use some of the folks in the actor/director/writer Monday sessions, what with this being a small group ( actor pool ), anyone in these 'screentests' would likely not much physically resemble the actual characters - I would just be trying to have them take a stab at trying to project the nature of the characters in the context of that scene.

Or I might just try other tacks on this theme, like posting an audio only version of the scene ( so the physical discrepancies aren't distracting) or a storyboard only version.

After the first scene gets online "aired", I may add the next scene later, then the next, and so on. Not sure how far I'll go into the entire screenplay of the short - I'd post enough for you to get a sense of the building drama, action and adventure that sweeps along Sky on a soul searing quest, and the worldwind rush of the fantastic and perilous journey of one pivotal year in his youth.

Well I'm going to rework the openning scene a wee more in any case, then get back to molding the next scenes that'll adhere to the overall scope of vision I have for the rest of the short film.

Can't do nuthin' about the weather though. Hurricane force gusts out there last night, and a big wind chilldown freeze today. But I hear spring hasn't been cancelled. And I'm alright with that!

Chow.